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Friday, January 1, 1971 · Buffalo Memorial Auditorium

Bruins 9 at Sabres 4

Final

Three Stars

By Game Score until the NHL names its three stars.

L 98OVR Johnny Bucyk Bruins First Star 5A · 2 SOG L 83OVR Fred Stanfield Bruins Second Star 2G · 2A · 4 SOG L 76OVR Eddie Shack Sabres Third Star 2G · 1A · 3 SOG

Scoring

1st Period

  1. 5:20 John McKenzie (16) PPG Johnny Bucyk (23), Fred Stanfield (17) BOS 1 – 0 BUF
  2. 10:41 Ken Hodge (20) Unassisted BOS 2 – 0 BUF
  3. 12:04 Gilbert Perreault (15) Eddie Shack (7) BOS 2 – 1 BUF
  4. 16:52 John McKenzie (17) Johnny Bucyk (24), Ted Green (10) BOS 3 – 1 BUF
  5. 19:15 Ken Hodge (21) PPG Phil Esposito (37), Fred Stanfield (18) BOS 4 – 1 BUF

2nd Period

  1. 1:06 Dallas Smith (4) Ed Westfall (13), Bobby Orr (45) BOS 5 – 1 BUF
  2. 11:49 Derek Sanderson (14) Garnet Bailey (6), Rick Smith (9) BOS 6 – 1 BUF
  3. 12:45 Eddie Shack (8) Doug Barrie (3) BOS 6 – 2 BUF
  4. 18:41 Eddie Shack (9) PPG Gilbert Perreault (11), Phil Goyette (10) BOS 6 – 3 BUF

3rd Period

  1. 1:29 Gerry Meehan (8) Dick Duff (6) BOS 6 – 4 BUF
  2. 8:13 Fred Stanfield (12) John McKenzie (30), Johnny Bucyk (25) BOS 7 – 4 BUF
  3. 10:51 Fred Stanfield (13) PPG Johnny Bucyk (26), Bobby Orr (46) BOS 8 – 4 BUF
  4. 15:13 Don Marcotte (9) Johnny Bucyk (27) BOS 9 – 4 BUF

Boston Bruins

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Johnny Bucyk L 0 5 2 0 0 +1 0:00 3.43
Fred Stanfield L 2 2 4 0 0 +1 0:00 3.20
John McKenzie R 2 1 3 0 0 +1 0:00 2.20
Bobby Orr D 0 2 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.70
Ken Hodge R 2 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.65
Derek Sanderson C 1 0 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.20
Don Marcotte L 1 0 3 0 0 +1 0:00 1.13
Phil Esposito C 0 1 4 0 0 +1 0:00 1.08
Garnet Bailey L 0 1 2 0 0 +1 0:00 0.93
Dallas Smith D 1 0 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.90
Ted Green D 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.85
Rick Smith D 0 1 1 0 0 +1 0:00 0.85
Ed Westfall R 0 1 0 0 0 +1 0:00 0.78
Don Awrey D 0 0 3 0 0 +2 0:00 0.37
Wayne Carleton L 0 0 2 0 0 0 0:00 0.15
Wayne Cashman L 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Eddie Johnston W 20 16 4 .800 60:00 -1.40

Buffalo Sabres

Player G A SOG HIT BLK +/- TOI GS
Eddie Shack L 2 1 3 0 0 -1 0:00 2.20
Gilbert Perreault C 1 1 2 0 0 -1 0:00 1.38
Gerry Meehan C 1 0 2 0 0 +1 0:00 1.05
Dick Duff L 0 1 4 0 0 0 0:00 0.93
Doug Barrie D 0 1 1 0 0 +2 0:00 0.70
Jean-Guy Talbot D 0 0 0 0 0 +2 0:00 0.30
Phil Goyette C 0 1 0 0 0 -3 0:00 0.18
Skip Krake C 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Paul Andrea R 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Reg Fleming D 0 0 1 0 0 0 0:00 0.08
Steve Atkinson R 0 0 3 0 0 -1 0:00 0.07
Floyd Smith R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Kevin O'Shea R 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Jim Watson D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0:00 0.00
Ron Anderson R 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Donnie Marshall L 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0:00 -0.30
Tracy Pratt D 0 0 0 0 0 -5 0:00 -0.75
Al Hamilton D 0 0 2 0 0 -5 0:00 -1.05
Goalie DEC SA SV GA SV% TOI GS
Joe Daley L 40 31 9 .775 60:00 -3.65